The man was quickly caught, arrested and placed in jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. Congratulations to those responsible for the rapid apprehension. I wholeheartedly agree that this type of disregard for law and disrespect for our brave law enforcement men and women personnel should receive maximum punishment allowable by law.

Apparently, the man should have tried to impersonate one of our brave military Medal of Honor or Purple Heart recipients instead, since the U.S. Supreme Court recently invalidated the Stolen Valor Act, a federal prohibition against lying about having received military medals.

The court found that this was just a form of “free speech” not punishable by law.